• Making insurance markets work for the poor : microinsurance policy, regulation and supervision; Uganda case study 

  Smith, Anja; Hendrie, Simon; Bester, Hennie; Rukondo, Marx (CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, 2009)

  Financial inclusion is achieved when individual and low-income consumers can access and sustainably use financial services appropriate to their needs. The aim of this cross-country study is towards greater financial inclusion ...
• Making insurance markets work for the poor : microinsurance policy, regulation and supervision; South Africa case study 

  Bester, Hennie; Chamberlain, Doubell; Hendrie, Simon; Hobden, Tim; Hougaard, Christine; Smith, Anja (CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, 2009)

  This document presents the findings from the South African component of a five-country case study on the role of regulation in the development of microinsurance markets. The objectives of this project were to map the ...
• Evaluation of IDRC Projects: Building Peace and Security Research Capacity in Eastern Africa and UPEACE - IDRC PhD Fellowships/UPEACE-IDRC Doctoral Research Awards (I and II) : final report 

  Onyejekwe, Okey (Center for Sustainable Governance, Lagos, NG, 2011-03)

  The evaluation of the IDRC funded Peace, Conflict and Development Program (PCD) projects “Building Peace and Security Research Capacity in Eastern Africa”, and the Fellowships and Awards (F&A) Project “UPEACE – IDRC PhD ...
• Role of policy, regulation and supervision in making insurance markets work for the poor : the case of Uganda 

  Chamberlain, Doubell; Bester, Hennie; Hougaard, Christine (Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (CENFRI), Cape Town, ZA, 2008)
• Role of policy, regulation and supervision in making insurance markets work for the poor : the case of South Africa 

  Chamberlain, Doubell; Bester, Hennie; Hougaard, Christine (Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (CENFRI), Cape Town, ZA, 2008)
• Managing the impact of the Asian Drivers on Sub Saharan Africa 

  Oyejide, Ademola; Morris, Michael; Mwega, Francis; Kaplinsky, Raphael; Bo, Lu (African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, KE, 2007)
• Efficacité du financement des micro et petites entreprises dans la lutte contre la pauvreté au Cameroun 

  Kobou, Georges; Ngoa Tabi, Henri; Moungou, Sabine (Université de Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, CM, 2009)

  Les institutions de micofinance (IMF) sont spécialisées dans le financement des activités économiques de petites et très petites envergures. Elles ont un rôle social consistant à cibler un grand nombre d’exclus du système ...
• Scoping studies on China - Africa economic relations : the case of Tanzania 

  Moshi, H.P.B.; Mtui, John M. (Economic Research Bureau, Dar es Salaam, TZ, 2008)

  Tanzania has numerous trade agreements with China, and is China's largest aid recipient country in Africa. Loans or aid from China are not subjected to political conditions, as is often the case with Western countries. ...
• Scoping study on China's relations with South Africa 

  Burke, Christopher; Naidu, Sanusha; Nepgen, Arno (Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, ZA, 2008)

  This paper assesses the direct and indirect consequences of the economic relationship between South Africa and China where South Africa is China's second largest trading partner after Angola. The trade volume accounts for ...
• Scoping study on China’s economic relations with Sub-Saharan Africa 

  Odada, J.E.; Kakujaha-Matundu, Omu (2008)

  The external trade data published in the Government of the Republic of Namibia’s National Accounts do not indicate destinations of Namibia’s exports or countries of origin of its imports; but it is most likely that the ...
• David v. Goliath : Mauritius facing up to China; a draft scoping study 

  Ancharaz, Vinaye Dey (University of Mauritius, Reduit, MU, 2008)

  Mauritius is an outlier among Sub-Saharan Africa. As a small island economy, with no natural resources, Mauritius economic survival rests crucially on an openness strategy pushed to its limits. This study focuses on trade, ...
• Economic relations of China and Sub-Saharan Africa : the case of Mali 

  Sanogo, Abdrahamane (Faculty of Economics and Management (FSEG), University of Bamako, Bamako, ML, 2008)

  The study considers the appropriateness of interventions by China in sub-Saharan Africa, and specifically in Mali. The largest Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) to Mali are from France, Germany and China, in particular the ...
• AERC scoping studies on China - Africa economic relations : the Gambia 

  Sillah, Bukhari M.S.; Jammeh, Mohammed E. (University of the Gambia, Kanifing, GM, 2007)

  The report provides details of trade and diplomatic ties to China and Taiwan. Most manufactured goods of electrical and electronic goods in The Gambia come from China, while importation of crude and unfinished goods are ...
• Scoping study on China - Africa economic relations : the case of Kenya; final report 

  Onjala, Joseph (Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KE, 2008)

  This study analyzes the extent of China’s Trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and aid in Kenya. China’s rapid expansion of aid to Kenya, and the lack of aid conditionalities may lead to overshadowing of aid from traditional ...
• Economic relations between China and Africa : the case of Côte d'Ivoire 

  Seka, Pierre Rock; Kouakou, Kouadio Clement (AERC, Nairobi, KE, 2008)

  Sino-African trade reached 40 billion dollars in 2005, to reach 100 billion dollars in 2010. This study measures China’s support to Côte d’Ivoire (aid, donations, grants, loans) and the impact of this aid on the economy. ...
• Economic relations of China with the Republic of Congo 

  Boungou Bazika, Jean-Christophe (Centre for Studies and Research on Economic Analyses and Policies (CERAPE), Brazzaville, CG, 2008)

  The study assesses the share of China in the Congolese economy; measures the share of imports from China, and exports to China in Congo’s foreign trade; and examines how China’s public development aid in Congo is distributed. ...
• Collaborative research of African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) on relations between China and Sub-Saharan Africa : case of Chad 

  Tabo, Symphorien Ndang; Beassoum, Christian Nadjiarabeye; Mamadou Asngar, Thierry (AERC, Nairobi, KE, 2008)

  The study provides information on the size, structure and significance of Sino-Chadian relations on trade, investment and development aid, identifying principal beneficiaries and losers of these economic relations within ...
• China - Africa economic relations : the case of Cameroon 

  Khan, Sunday Aninpah; Baye, Francis Menjo (Dept. of Economics and Management, University of Yaounde II, Yaoundé, Cm, 2008)

  Cameroon and China have signed several agreements in the domain of economic and technical cooperation. China has long provided aid to Cameroon, with such assistance on the rise, and unlike other donors this aid is unconditional ...
• AERC scoping exercise on China - Africa relations : the case of Angola 

  Corkin, Lucy (Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, ZA, 2008)

  While extractive industries, diamonds and oil, account for 99 percent of Angolan exports and 57 percent of GDP, they employ only 1 percent of the workforce. Chinese investment in Angola is located in the telecommunications ...
• China - Africa economic relations : in-depth country case studies 

  African Economic Research Consortium (AERC, Nairobi, KE, 2009)

  The expansion of the giant economy of China has been associated with increasing intensification in economic relations with Sub-Saharan African countries. The project undertakes a comprehensive analysis of key features and ...

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